84, formerly of Seven Lakes, died on March 8 in Greenville, SC. The family will receive friends on Friday, March 11, 2016 from Noon to 1:00 pm at Boles Funeral Home of Seven Lakes. A funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 pm with burial following at Seven Lakes Cemetery.

Mrs. Bearden was born in Lodi, Indiana to the late Gordon B. Kemble and Ruth Waterman Kemble. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Doyle Bearden.

She is survived by one son, Mark Doyle Bearden of Monroe; one daughter, Cheryl Ruth Bearden Hawkins of Simpsonville, SC; two sisters, Norma Timmons of Bemidji, MN and Jeane Robinson and husband Ken Anderson of Pleasanton, CA; and three grandchildren, Daniel Preston Hawkins and wife Laura, Kara Ann Hawkins, and Meghan Rose Hawkins.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Christ Fellowship Church, 1425 Midland Rd., Southern Pines, NC 28387.